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Aries 29: A celestial choir singing
The word
celestial
descends from theLatin
caelestis
meaning “heavenly”
and
caelum
“heaven,
sk
y.”Among its
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derivatives are the French
ciel
, the Spanish
cielo
, and the Italian
cielo
, all of which
mean “sky.”
The word
sky
is a derivative of the Indo-European (IE) root
skeu-
which
means “to cover, conceal.”
2
Paronymsinclude
custody
,
cuticle
,
hide
,
hoard
,
hose
,
huddle
,
hut
,
obscure
,
recoil
,
scum
,
and
skim
.The word
choir
descends from the Indo-European (IE) root
gher-1
meaning “tograsp, enclose.”
3
Paronyms include
yard
,
carol
,
choral
,
chorus
,
cohort
,
court
,
courteous
,
curtsy
,
garden
,
girth
,
girdle
,
hangar
,
orchard
.The word
singing
descends from the IE root
sengw-
which means “tosing, make an incantation.”
4
Paronyms include the word
song
, as well asthree compound words
—
Meistersinger
,
minnesinger
, and
singspiel
—
eachof which is of German origin.
THEMES:
The first theme concerns
SINGERS.
A
choir
is an organizedcompany of
singers
; especially one performing church music or
singing
in a church.
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Paronyms of
choir
include
chorus
(a body of singers whoperform choral compositions, usually having more than one singer foreach part).
A second theme concerns
SONGS.
Recall that one of the paronyms of
singing
includes
song
while paronyms of
choir
include
chorale
(A
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http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=celestial
2
Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 78
3
Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 30
4
Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 75
5 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/choir
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